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János Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth (1919-03-13)13 March 1919
Place of birth Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death 1982 (aged 62–63)
Place of death Oradea, Romania
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
CAM Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
CAM Timișoara
Craiova
Prahova Ploiești
Paris
1937–1938 Crișana Oradea
1938–1940 Prahova Ploiești
1941–1944 Nagyváradi AC 66 (47)
1945 Libertatea Oradea
Arad
1947 Stăruința Satu Mare
1947–1948 Prahova Ploiești
1948–1951 IC Oradea[a] 62 (21)
Total 128 (68)
International career
1943 Hungary 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

János Kovács (13 March 1919 – 1982) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

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Kovács played for several Hungarian clubs located in Romania, such as Nagyváradi AC, where he won the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and later with the same club but under a different name, IC Oradea, he won the 1948–49 Divizia A.[2][3]

International career

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On 6 June 1943, János Kovács played his only match for Hungary, being used by coach Kálmán Vághy in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 victory against Bulgaria.[4][5]

Honours

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Nagyváradi AC

IC Oradea

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the statistics for the 1948–49 Divizia A season are available.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ Kleszken, Ioan (2022). Istoria clubului de fotbal CAO/NAC Oradea Vol.1. Iași: Editura Zupia. pp. 48–174. ISBN 978-606-9722-24-4.
  3. ^ ""Everestul" fotbalului bihorean" [The "Everest" of Bihor football] (in Romanian). Bihon.ro. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "János Kovács". eu-football.info.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria 2-4 Hungary". eu-football.info.
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